Why Planting More Trees is a Lazy Solution to the Crisis of Climate Change
Karishma Shelar & Anuja Malhotra Scroll | June 5, 2022 The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its sixth assessment report released in August, reiterated its analysis of the role played by human-induced activities in contributing to catastrophic heatwaves, droughts and cyclones. It noted that in 2019, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere was […]
Tree Planting in Open Ecosystems Has Few Benefits
Iravatee Majgaonkar Hindustan Time | June 5, 2022 The idea of restoration and protection of the earth’s environment instantly elicits mental images of tree planting. The greener the environment, the healthier it must be. This is also in line with the commitment by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change of the Indian government, […]
Fifty Years After Un Environment Summit, Researchers Renew Call for Action
Maria Ivanova & Sharachchandra Lele Correspondence | June 1, 2022 On the eve of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, a group of 2,200 scientists signed a letter — now known as the Menton Message — to their (then) 3.5 billion neighbours on Earth. In one of the earliest examples of […]
Windmill takes wind out of birds’ sails
The Indian Express
Our Vision for Jaltol
We created Jaltol, an open-source tool, to offer easy access to data to help understand, diagnose and intervene better. Veena Srinivasan Medium | May 22, 2022
What is ‘Agri-Rain’? Field Notes From Anantapur
Under protective irrigation, tankers are used to transport water from the local village tank to farms during critical dry spells. Lakshmi Pranuti, Surabhi Singh, Veena Srinivasan
India’s Missing Wolves
Abi T. Vanak, Mihir Godbole The Hindu | May 24, 2022 ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ The driver in the vehicle facing us silently mouthed, and pointed to his right. Within seconds, a pack of three magnificent Indian grey wolves appeared in the savanna grasslands, less than 100 metres from us. A large male, followed by what appeared […]
Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Northeast India – Patterns and gaps in discovery
SNEHA HARIDAS, HARSHA MALHOTRA, SEENA NARAYANAN KARIMBUMKARA, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN
Ecosystem Restoration is Good for Your Health
Anuja Malhotra, Abi T. Vanak Project Syndicate | May 9, 2002 Humanity currently faces multiple, interlinked existential crises. The catastrophic consequences of climate change, ecological degradation, and biodiversity loss have cascading knock-on effects on human health and well-being. As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, ecosystem damage can contribute significantly to a global public-health emergency. But scientists […]
Native tree species richness enhances matrix functionality for soil arthropods in tropical plantation landscapes: A case study from the Himalayas
Annesha Chowdhury, Abhishek Samrat, Rathnavel Pandian, Soubadra Devy
